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Hello relatives,
Today (Tuesday) at 8am CST, a dedicated group of Lakota youth will be starting a 93-mile relay run across the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, planning to arrive before sundown at the Cannonball River, the site of the historic #NoDAPL resistance camps over 4 years ago!
This run is formally being organized by the Standing Rock Youth Council and you can follow their journey throughout the day by watching live streams and posts here.
They are running because of one simple fact: DAPL IS AN ILLEGAL PIPELINE
Federal Courts have affirmed that tribal nation treaty rights and environmental justice violations have occurred, they have asked for the pipeline to cease operations while a new environmental study is conducted. And yet... oil is still flowing and the only person who can stop it right now is Joe Biden.
These youth are running to pressure President Biden to do what's right, be the #ClimatePresident he wants to be and #ShutDownDAPL! In order for us to Build Back Better, we must #BuildBackFossilFree.
The youth are asking folks to:
- Run in solidarity. Even if for 1 min! Record yourself and post it! Use #shutdownDAPL. #ByeDenDAPL #BuildBackFossilFree
- Call the White House and demand Biden shut down this illegal pipeline.
- Tag the president in social media and amplify the demand!
Please help us get the word out!
Thank you for your solidarity and support!
Mni Wiconi,
Dallas Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network
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Established in 1990, The Indigenous Environmental Network is an international environmental justice nonprofit that works with tribal grassroots organizations to build the capacity of Indigenous communities. I EN’s activities include empowering Indigenous communities and tribal governments to develop mechanisms to protect our sacred sites, land, water, air, natural resources, the health of both our people and all living things, and to build economically sustainable communities.
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